Oregon Fugitive in Custody After 16 Years on the Run in Canada

Because of some dogged police work by a Canadian law enforcement official, an Oregon woman is in custody 16 years after she was involved in a car crash that killed a 65-year-old woman near Albany, OR.

54-year-old Jean Terese Keating is being held in Linn County pending court appearances on charges of DUI, Manslaughter, Reckless Driving , and three counts of Reckless Endangerment of Another Person.

On April 13, 1997, Keating was taken into custody following a fatal crash that killed 65-year-old Jewel Oline Anderson on Interstate 5 near Albany. Keating's car sideswiped Anderson's sending it into another vehicle, killing her instantly. Keating did not suffer injuries; the driver of the third car was not seriously injured.

Keating jumped her bail, disappeared and was placed on the National Crime Information Center's database as a wanted fugitive. Her family never reported her missing after she vanished.

Then in 2003, after the case had gone cold, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable in the small town of Minnedosa, Manitoba, heard residents talking about a woman named Jean McPherson rumored to be an illegal immigrant from the U.S. and a wanted fugitive. The officer found Jean McPherson was not a Canadian citizen and learned she'd been arrested for a DUI, fingerprinted and had a record in Canada.

He sent this information to U.S. authorities, including witness information that McPherson had been overheard in a bar in Minnedosa talking about "getting away" with a DUI accident that killed a woman. Her fingerprints were a match to Keating, and Canadian authorities arrested her. She was extradited to Oregon, and is now awaiting justice!

Anderson's family issued a statement through the Oregon State Patrol, which in part read:

"While there is no price to be put on repayment for taking a life, and it certainly won't bring Jewel back, we are thankful that finally after 16 years of her running, hiding and torment, our families will have some closure; knowing that Teresa Jean Keating is in custody and justice will be served."

Below are images of accident victim Anderson, and Keating after she was captured.